Tamarac motorcyclist on way home killed in turnpike crash

TAMARAC — About to call it a night after socializing with friends in Davie, Scott Miller called his wife, April, at about 10 p.m. Friday to say, "I'll see you when I get home."

Those were the last words April Miller would hear from her husband.

Ninety minutes later, the 45-year-old Tamarac man was killed when his Harley-Davidson Road King crashed into the rear of an SUV on Florida's Turnpike near Interstate 595, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

"He was a good person, a good friend to a lot of people," April Miller said Sunday of her husband, known by the nickname Ozzy. "He enjoyed people, enjoyed life."

In a separate incident, four people on three motorcycles were injured Sunday morning on the southbound Interstate 95 exit ramp at I-595 when their bikes were struck by a car changing lanes, according to FHP.

On Friday, Miller was riding north on the turnpike when he lost control of his bike and crashed into the rear of the SUV.

Thrown from his motorcycle, he slid across the highway, FHP said. A second car hit the back of the motorcycle. Miller, who was not wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene.

April Miller said her husband of 12 years worked as a warehouse manager for a Pompano Beach manufacturing company.

She described him as an experienced and careful rider, who normally wore a helmet when he rode on the highway. But after a last-minute change of plans about his destination for the evening, he did not take his helmet with him, Miller said.

"There is nothing to prepare you for this," Miller said of her loss.

In addition to his wife, Scott Miller leaves two children, two grandchildren and his parents.

Services will be held Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Kraeer Mason Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 6701 W. Commercial Blvd. in Tamarac.